C A Meier investigates the ancient Greek understanding of dreams and dreaming, Antique incubation and concomitant rituals. In this greatly expanded...

The classical Roman poet, Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – c. 55 BC), described the clinamen, or swerve, as an occurrence that we now call singula...

The author relates an experience that belongs to everyone -- the experience of soul. Susan Tiberghien shares a year of dreams, analysis, daily life...

Major depression is a serious medical illness affecting 5 to 8 percent of the adult population in a given year. Unlike normal emotional experiences...

Neuropsychology is a specialised area within the larger field of psychology, emerging from the pioneering work of early comparative and physiologic...

The main aspects of developmental psychology can be found in Section I; it includes the concept of attachment, which is a central construct of deve...

Postpartum depression affects 10-15% of women any time from a month to a year after childbirth. Women with postpartum depression may feel restless,...

Though Francis Israel Regardie (1907–1985) is best known for his writings on the Western magical/mystical system known as the Golden Dawn, that is ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder & Comorbidity

People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), an anxiety disorder, suffer intensely from recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repeti...

To date, little has been published about the place of spirituality in working with survivors of intimate partner violence. Overcoming Conflicting L...

Panic disorder is characterised by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, h...

Recently, increasing research and clinical attention has been directed toward the concerns of adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Non...

Adolescent developmental issues are growing globally; studies show that the percentage of adolescent mental health issues such as depression and su...

Spirituality can be one of the greatest resilience or risk factors. In the children's and youth welfare work professionals whose (non-) spiritual o...

This book is a rich and articulate discussion on the controversial relationship between the cognitive method related to the sciences dealing with t...

The aim of this book is to study the mind–body continuum from the viewpoint of psychosemiosis. Psychosemiosis means that the human mind emerges and...

Psychotherapy: Perspectives, Strategies and Challenges first discusses the biological components of psychotherapy from the perspective of mechanism...

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) was developed as a time-limited, individual, outpatient treatment for patients with acute major depression. Socia...

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling psychosis, which is an impairment of thinking in which the interpretation of reality is abnormal....

Not too long ago depression was explained to us almost entirely in psychological terms, while today experts seem to regard it an mainly a physical ...

Social Psychology and Counseling offers a rather innovative approach to the social psychological underpinnings of professional mental health servic...